Barclays PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2011

Dec 21, 2011

SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

(Incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales)

ISSUE OF UP TO EUR 50,000,000 BARCLAYS CAPITAL TRENDVOL ON GOLD TRUST USD ER INDEX LINKED NOTES DUE 2015

GLOBAL STRUCTURED SECURITIES PROGRAMME ________________________________________________________________________

This Supplementary Prospectus dated 21 December 2011 (the "Supplementary Prospectus") is supplemental to and must be read in conjunction with the prospectus dated 5 December 2011 in connection with the issue of up to EUR 50,000,000 Barclays Capital Trendvol on Gold Trust USD ER Index Linked Notes due 2015 (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus was prepared by the Bank (in its capacity as the Issuer).

This Supplementary Prospectus constitutes a supplementary prospectus in respect of the Prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and for the purpose of Section 87G of the FSMA. Investors should be aware of their rights under Section 87Q(4) of the FSMA.

Terms defined in the Prospectus shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning when used in this Supplementary Prospectus. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between (a) any statement in this Supplementary Prospectus and (b) any other statement in, or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the statements in (a) above shall prevail.

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus and declares that, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus is, to the best of their knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. Save as disclosed in this Supplementary Prospectus, no significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in the Prospectus which is capable of affecting the assessment of the offer of the Securities has arisen or been noted, as the case may be, since the publication of the Prospectus.

This Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the FSA, which is the United Kingdom competent authority for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and the relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom, as a supplementary prospectus issued in compliance with the Prospectus Directive and the relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of securities.

The purpose of this Supplementary Prospectus is to correct a manifest error in the formula for the Final Cash Settlement Amount in the Prospectus (the incorrect formula is provided at paragraph 28 of the Final Terms as set out in the Prospectus). By virtue of this Supplementary Prospectus the formula for determining the Final Cash Settlement Amount shall be deemed to be deleted and shall be replaced with the following formula:

Calculation Amount x
$$
\left(100\% + \max\left[0; \frac{\text{Index}(f)}{\text{Index}(0)} - 100\% \right] \right)
$$

Barclays Capital

The date of this Supplementary Prospectus is 21 December 2011.